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an attractive tree with red flowers not unlike the 

 English Hawthorn. Hawthorns may be used for 

 pleaching, that is, interweaving their branches 

 overhead. There is a pleached Hawthorn arch at 

 Holly House, Peacedale, Rhode Island, the home 

 of Roland Hazard, Esq., which Mrs. Earle has pic- 

 tured in her "Old Time Gardens." Another va- 

 riety, Cratcegus crus-galli, makes an excellent hedge 

 as its thorns effectually keep off cattle, dogs, etc., 

 but it is not used for this purpose to any extent, 

 perhaps because it is rather slow to start, and 

 everybody nowadays seems to be in a hurry. 



